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Program for International Professors

Sunday, 10 August – Saturday, 16 August

Subject to change without notice. Last updated: May 13th, 2025

This program is Sponsored by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science as part of the Global Innovation Network Programme (GINP)

Sunday 10/8

📍CPH – Copenhagen

International professors arrive, welcome dinner

Monday 11/8

📍Copenhagen – Odense

Visits to IT University of Copenhagen, Novo Nordisk, Technical University of Denmark

Hosts

Kasper Støy
IT University of
Copenhagen

Professor

Co-director: Robotics, Evolution, and Art Lab (REAL)

Milad Jami
Novo Nordisk

Head of PS Robotics Innovation Lab

Lazaros Nalpantidis
Technical University
of Denmark

Professor

Head of Group: Automation & Control, Department of Electrical & Photonics Engineering

Tuesday 12/8

📍Odense

Keynotes (all professors), Visit to University of Southern Denmark, Networking dinner at Storms Pakhus

Hosts

Henrik Gordon Petersen
University of
Southern Denmark

Henrik Gordon Petersen
University of
Southern Denmark

Professor

Head of unit: SDU Robotics

Thiusius Rajeeth Savarimuthu

Thiusius Rajeeth Savarimuthu

Wednesday 13/8

📍Odense – Sønderborg – Aarhus

Visits to Danfoss, Linak, LEGO

Hosts

Martin Høgsbjerg
Danfoss

Head of Global SC Technology

Julius Born
LINAK

Production Development Manager

John Christiansen
The LEGO Group

Head of R&D Automation

Thursday 14/8

📍Aarhus – Aalborg – Odense

Visits to Aarhus University, Aalborg University

Hosts

Xuping Zhang
Aarhus
University

Associate Professor

Section Head: Mechatronics and Dynamics, Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering

Strahinja Dosen
Aalborg
University

Professor

Head of unit: Neurorehab Systems, Department of Health Science and Technology

Dimitris Chrysostomou
Aalborg University

Friday 15/8

📍Odense

Visit to cluster, Universal Robots, Universal Robots Reception

Host

Morten Boris Højgaard
Universal Robots

Head of Incubation & Partnerships

Saturday 16/8

📍Odense – CPH

Departure

Preliminary list of international participants

The list will be updated with names from MIT, Northeastern, Berkeley, UC San Diego, USC, KAIST, SNU and KIT, as soon as we get their pictures and info.

Steve Cousins
Stanford University

Executive Director, Stanford Robotics Center

Alexander König
Technical University of Munich

Chair for Robotics and System Intelligence

Kamal Youcef-Toumi
MIT

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Dong Seog Han
Kyungpook National University

Professor, Intelligent Signal Processing Lab

Dean, College of IT Engineering

Kris L. Dorsey
Northeastern University Boston

Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences

Heather Culbertson
USC

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Jinsoo Kim
SNU

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Adjunct Researcher, Automation and Systems Research Institute

Sang Ho Yoon
KAIST

Associate Professor, HCI Tech Lab

Graduate School of Technology

Soon-Yong Park
Kyungpook National University

Professor

School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Soumya Ranjan Sahoo
IIT-Kanpur

Associate Professor

Rudolf Lioutikov
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Tenure-Track Professor for Machine Learning & Robotics (KIT)
Emmy Noether Research Group Leader
The head of the Intuitive Robots Lab

Seungyoon Jung
KAR

The assistant manager of Education Business Team, Planning division

The manager of Global R&D dispatching project

Hanbual Kim
KAR

The assistant manager of Education Business Team, Planning division

The manager of Robot Job education center in Korea

Kasper Støy
IT University of
Copenhagen

Professor

Co-director: Robotics, Evolution, and Art Lab (REAL)

Xuping Zhang
Aarhus
University

Associate Professor

Section Head: Mechatronics and Dynamics, Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering

Strahinja Dosen
Aalborg
University

Professor

Head of unit: Neurorehab Systems, Department of Health Science and Technology

Lazaros Nalpantidis
Technical University
of Denmark

Professor

Head of Group: Automation & Control, Department of Electrical & Photonics Engineering

Henrik Gordon Petersen
University of
Southern Denmark

Professor

Head of unit: SDU Robotics

Christian Schlette
University of Southern Denmark

Professor

Head of Unit: SDU Center for Large Structure Production (LSP)

Thiusius Rajeeth Savarimuthu
University of Southern Denmark

Professor

Head of SDU Robotics

Head of Research Centre of Clinical Robotics

Dimitris Chrysostomou
Aalborg University

Associate Professor, Head of Robotics & Automation Group, Head of Steering Committee of Aalborg Robotics Center

Dr Ben Senouci
University of Southern Denmark

Associate Professor

Head of the Embedded AI Research Group

Milad Jami
NOVO NORDISK

Head of PS Robotics Innovation Lab
Robotics & Operational Technology

John Christiansen
The LEGO Group

Head of R&D Automation

Martin Høgsbjerg
Danfoss

Head of Global SC Technology

Morten Boris Højgaard
Universal Robots

Head of Incubation & Partnerships

Julius Born
LINAK

Production Development Manager